Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

20 ILCS 505/35.2

from Ch. 23, par. 5035.2

705 ILCS 405/1-2

from Ch. 37, par. 801-2

750 ILCS 50/1

from Ch. 40, par. 1501

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that if (i) a child is found to be an abused minor under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, (ii) the perpetrator of the abuse was the child's parent, (iii) the parent was convicted of aggravated participation in methamphetamine manufacturing, and (iv) the child who has been found to be an abused minor was the child who resided or was present at the place where the methamphetamine was manufactured or was endangered by the manufacture of the methamphetamine, then the Department of Children and Family Services shall cause to be filed a petition seeking termination of the parent's parental rights. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to provide that conviction of a person of aggravated participation in methamphetamine manufacturing under similar circumstances is an aggravating circumstance under which it may be appropriate to expedite termination of the person's parental rights. Amends the Adoption Act add similar provisions with respect to depravity as a ground of unfitness and with respect to the definition of "abused child". Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/4/2009	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
2/4/2009	House	First Reading
2/4/2009	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/9/2009	House	Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
3/13/2009	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

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